Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World by Tim Whitmarsh

Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World

Tim Whitmarsh

304 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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How new is atheism? Long before the Enlightenment sowed seeds of disbelief in a deeply Christian Europe, atheism was a matter of serious public debate in the Greek world. But history is written by those who prevail, so the lively free-thinking voi...

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